Necktie-clip.



BENJAMIN F. PERKINS, 0F WOLLASTO'N, MASSACHUSETTS.

' NEcKrIE-CLIP.

speication of Letters Patent. Patenteo'lll, 1916.` l

Application led September 22, 1915. SerialNo. 52,078.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN VF. PER- KINS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at lVollaston, in the county of Norfolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNecktie-Clips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved necktie clip and the principalobject of the invention is to provide a clip which can bev connectedwith the necktie and which will' fit into the collar between thefolds'thereof vand not only serve to permit the necktie to slip easilythrough the collar butalso'serve to prevent the necktie from slippingout of the collar.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this clip that it maybe formed from a flat strip of resilient material bent to assume theproper shape. i Y

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein iFigure 1 1s a perspective view of a necktie showing the improved clipconnected therewith.- Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of a collar having atie placed therein and provided with the improved clip, a portion of theouter fold of the collar being broken away to show the position of theclip in the collar. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through a collar and theneck band of a shirt, the necktie being shown in section, and the clipin elevation. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the clip.

The clip is intended to be used in connection with a necktie such asshown in Fig. 1 and indicated by the 'numeral 10 in the various viewsand is to be used in connection with a collar of the turnover type whichis provided with inner and outer folds 11 and 12. This clip which isindicated by the Vnumeral 13 is formed from a strip of resilientmaterial which is bent to provide thev tie supporting leaf or hook 14and the leaf 15 which engages the collar as shown in Fig.

e 3 and will therefore be referred to as the collar engaging leaf. Froman inspection of Fig. 3 it will be seen that this collarV engaging leafserves to hold the fold 12 of the collar in spaced relation to the innerfold l11 and further provides a means for creating` a frictional bindingbetween the clip and the collar thus holding the clip between the folds.l. l

When in use the collar is connected with the neck band 16 of the shirtby means of the usual collar button 17 andafter the neck tie hasbeenconnected with the clip as shown in Fig. 1,the necktie and clip areplaced between the innerand outer folds of the collar `as shown in Fig.3 with the clip positioned to one side of thecolla-r button. This clipis placed against that side of the collar button nearest the long end ofthev tie so that when the necktie is tied and the short end drawn totighten the knot the clip will be drawn against the buttonV and heldfrom further movement around the collar.

' The two folds of the collar arey held apart as shown in Fig. 3 thusleaving plenty of y room for the tie toslip easily and therefore the tiewill last longer since it will not be dragged out Vof shape when drawingit through the collar.v Thev resiliency of the material from which theclip is formed and lalso the stiffness ofthe collar causes a bind-` ingaction which wedgesthe clip in place and prevents it from slippingdownwardly. Therefore the necktie will be prevented from slipping out ofthe collar.

Of course, this clip may be formed of any desired material which hasresiliency and if desired can be ornamented or plated.

It will thus be seen that I have produced a clip which is so constructedthat it will hold the tie in place and which will further serveV asmeans for spreading the folds of the collar to permit the necktie toslip easily. It will be further noted that this device is so constructedthat lit may be very cheaply produced, the blanks being cut from stripsof material and then very easily bent to assume the shape disclosedinFig. 4.

What is claimed is: A

A tie clip formed from a narrow strip of resilient material having oneend portion bent back upon the intermediate portion to provide a lowerrelatively short tie supporting tongue extending substantially parallelto the intermediate portion of the' strip, thev opposite end portion ofthe strip being bent back upon the intermediateportion t0 provide anupper relatively long collar engaging tongue extending in divergingrelation hold the Clip in plaoepbetvveen the folds of to theintermediate portion of the strip and the collar. l@ terminating shortof the end of the lower In testimony whereof I affix my Signatongue andat a point outside the plane of ture in presence of two Witnesses.

the lower tongue, said upper tongue serv- BENJAMIN F. PERKINS.

ing to hold the folds of a collar in spaced Witnesses:

relation and further serving to create a bind- JOSEPH A. GUTHRO,

ing action between the clip and collar to CHRISTINA A. PERKINS.

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